“Each petition shall contain, in addition to the names of the petitioners, the street and house number in which the petitioner resides, his age and length of residence in the city,” read the charter.

“Also, each individual paper containing signatures must be signed and certified."

Keyser was the city with a modified "loser pays" law for the recall. To me, it sounds like the requirement for ages and length of residency shows that the charter is not designed for democratic use of campaigns.